AMD A9-9420 vs Intel Core i5-1240P

A9-9420 vs Core i5-1240P comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1240P beats the A9-9420 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A9-9420 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores than the A9-9420. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has 12 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A9-9420. It also has more threads than the A9-9420. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A9-9420 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. In terms of cache, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the A9-9420

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the A9-9420 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.